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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1935
Page
9
Classified notice promotes free government college courses in French German Spanish and Vocational Guidance with evening inquiries 6 to 8 pm room 13 High School. Also offers lawn mower reground steam cleaned and guaranteed service with delivery. Radio repair by Schreurs Radio Store member, phone 243. Glasgow Tailors offers suits tailored to fit from 20 to 25 dollars.
Chicago market report shows top hog prices held at 10.00 with a five cent rise for good medium weights, trade slow yet near steady from Friday. Receipts listed about 6 000 cattle 6 000 hogs 6 000 sheep with big arrivals of 14 000 hogs and uneven sheep runs, cattle bids weak to down.
Prices from Cedar Rapids Ottumwa Waterloo Mason City and Des Moines show hogs largely steady or slightly lower. Readings cover weight ranges from 140 to over 350 pounds with typical live price bands from about 7.90 to 9.50 per hundredweight and packers rates in the 7.80 to 8.85 range.
Combined hog receipts at 22 concentration yards and 9 packing plants in Interior towns and Southern Minnesota for the 48 hour period ended at 8:00 am today totaled 27 800 head. Prices were generally steady to five cents lower with spots about ten cents under Saturday.
Local markets quote eggs at 17 to 19 cents and poultry hens 12 to 15 cents while roosters run 9 cents. Hog prices span 8.95 to 9.50 per 100 pounds for various weight brackets with sows at 7.95 to 8.70. Quotations reflect bull transactions and long haul shipments. weights above 250 pounds show slower loading.
Hogs receipts 14 000 head with direct 7 00 and price ranges from 9 85 to 10 05 for 200 250 lb pigs. Cattle receipts 11 000 head with bids weak to down 2 down. steer prices 12 00 to 13 25 for 12 16 lb steers, cows 3 25 to 8 75, bulls 6 25 to 7 40. Sheep receipts 8 000 head with uneven markets. spring lambs 19 00 top, bulk under 10 to 9 75, native ewes 3 00 to 72 50.
Hogs receipts 2 209 head with no directs. prices steady to lower from 8 85 to 9 70 for light weights and 9 40 to 9 60 for 290 to 350 lb. cattle calves 1200 head steady to 25 cents lower with steers 5 50 to 13 75. heifers 4 75 to 11 00. cows 4 50 to 7 50. vealers 4 00 to 9 00. Sheep receipts 11 000 head with 1 400 through. yearlings 6 25 to 7 00. spring lambs 6 50 to 9 00. yearling wethers 6 25 to 7 50. ewes 2 50 to 3 75.
Receipts at Sioux City on June 10 include 4000 cattle with prices $9.25 to $11.25 for steers and yearlings, $10.00 for heifers, $6.25 down for cows. Hog receipts 3000 with varying weights. prices mostly $8.00 to $9.50, sows $8.25 to $8.50, pigs $8.00 to $9.00. Sheep 1500 head steady with yearlings at $7.25 and action on springers.
U S Dept of Agriculture reports 6 000 hogs steady to as much as 250 lower with 200 to 260 lb hogs at 9 40 to 9 50 top 9 50 and 260 to 310 lb at 9 10 to 9 40. Cattle receipts 6 500 head with calves 600 steady to lower, steers 9 00 to 11 25, heifers 8 50 to 10 25, cows 3 50 to 44 50, vealers 8 50 to 49 00. Sheep receipts 2 500 head with lambs 8 50 to 9 50, yearlings 7 75, ewes 2 25 to 3 50.
In Boston on a Friday from the Department of Agriculture notes, the wool market displayed a hesitant mean with midwest medium fleeces still weak. By week end demand revived to around 2 cents on similar wools after earlier declines from two weeks earlier peak.
Broad market activity shows mixed results with gains for some giants like Alleghany and AT and T while others such as Ford Motor and General Motors register lower figures. Investors monitor shifts in energy, steel and utility sectors amid an uneven trading day on the New York exchanges.
Grain values rose on June 10 as United States wheat visible supply hit a new low since July 1927 and corn visible supplies fell. Trading favored professionals with wheat closing uneven 1-8 to 3-4 down and corn 5-8 to 1 3-8 up. oats gained 1-2 to 7-8 while provisions held steady or dropped up to 7 cents.
Chicago market notes cash wheat No. 2 red at 85.5 cents, corn mixed prices from No. 1 to No. 4 yellow and white grades, oats No. 3 white at 38.5 to 40 cents, sample grades cited. Rye, buckwheat, soybeans listed as none, timothy and clover seed priced per cwt, lard tierces and loose markets noted with bellies.
Chicago market notes show live poultry receipts one car and thirty one trucks with varied prices for hens leghorns and fryers. Butter eggs and potatoes supply levels steady to modestly active with futures and storage prices listed for multiple grades and dates.
The New York bond market showed no unusual movement in forenoon trading with steady price zones. Transfers in corporate obligations edged up modestly led by American Telephone 5s and several others, while a small set including American Smelting 5s and Erie 5s slipped. Foreign bonds traded within a tight range with mixed changes.
New York market data shows eggs receipts 30 524 cases with mixed colors and standards. Butter receipts 13 059 tubs with varying scores and averages. Cheese receipts 105 897 lbs and live poultry values by freight. It has been estimated that about 6 000 000 slaves remain in the world.
A county treasurer's rep will be at the Lone Tree post office from 8 to 12 Wednesday to collect the old age pension tax. Vincent Gaeta returned home in Muscatine after a week visiting his cousin Joe and Jimmy Gaeta. Regular Woman's Relief corps meeting and initiation of candidates at Legion hall Tuesday evening followed by a pot luck supper. Mrs. Rosa Fisher and Mr and Mrs John Krall visited John Liska in Riverside Friday. Mr and Mrs William Pruess and daughters left for summer in Arizona Saturday. Mrs. B L Coffin and Linda Jayne of Brighton visited her parents. Mr and Mrs Charles Forwald and son from Port Arthur Texas visit relatives. Forwald enrolled for summer work at the state university.
Mrs. Elmer Paul hosted a Pleasant Prairie gathering for Minneapolis guest Mrs. John Swindel mother of Mrs. Edward Paul of Durant. Luncheon featured green and white decor, five hundred games, and piano selections by Mrs. Fred Rinnert Sr. Attendees included Mrs. Swindel and several local residents.
New York stocks showed uneven trading with profit taking offsetting gains in some issues. Mullins Manufacturing rose 10 shares by 10 points, American Crystal Sugar preferred up 2, while Allied Chemical slipped about 2 and U S Steel and others eased slightly. Volume neared 550000 shares in late trading.
Judge Hayes Moffitt of Rock Island addressed a Muscatine unit of the Townsend Old Age Pension movement at the city hall on Saturday night before a large crowd. Moffitt, Rock Island city judge and World War I veteran, announced another Muscatine meeting is set for Friday night at the city hall.
Members of the Sweetland township Farm Bureau will hold their regular monthly meeting Wednesday night at the home of Henry Sywassink in New Era. County agent Carl E. Rylander announces a program planned by a committee with brief talks by the county agent and home demonstration agent Miss Dorothy Simmons.
Mrs John Spring and two children Irene 5 and Vernon 4 and Mrs Henry Spring are involved in a Montpelier area accident with injuries reported. Police and rescue crews responded to the scene. Details on condition and cause were not immediately available.
Montpelier residents were seriously hurt Saturday when their car ran off the road and tumbled down a 12 foot embankment near Montpelier. The crash was not reported locally.
Members of the Four Bee Club gather at the Alison Eliason home west of West Liberty at 2 p m Tuesday to inspect county projects under Iowa State College bee specialist F B Paddock. The tour continues to the Steen Brugman and Anderson homes before a 7 30 p m courthouse meeting led by Mr Paddock.
In Muscatine County Iowa the District Court hears D W Bates receiver of Citizens Savings Bank of West Liberty action seeking court approval of a $2250 cash compromise offer on uncollected notes totaling 4014 39 held against H M Richards The hearing is set for June 15 1935 at 9 am in Muscatine Court House. Parties may appear and show cause. Robert Brooke attorney for the receiver.
Columbus Junction reports the Church of God Christian Endeavor society met with Mrs. Floyd Hall at Spring Run for an enjoyable gathering with pie ice cream and coffee. The Ladies Aid will hold an all day meeting June 13 with Mrs. Ernest Evans and Mrs. Daisy Shaw as hostesses.
Radio listings span 6:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. with NBC CBS and local station pairings. Notable acts include Gladys Swarthout, Al Goodman Orchestra, Max Baer, Tom Coakley’s orchestra, and Duluth Symphony, followed by a morning lineup and a London-based World Affairs brief. The piece ends with a note on Albania’s Dowager Queen title given in 1928.
Miss Martha Smylie of Columbus Junction married Edison W. Kochenderfer of Maywood Illinois at United Presbyterian church Burlington. Rev R W Jamieson officiated with family present. The couple plans Urbana Illinois summer study and a Maywood teaching career thereafter.
Notice to responsible bidders sealed bids for heating plans at Atalissa Independent School No 1 are due by 7 30 P M on June 18 1935. Plans and specs available from Secretary W A Smith Atalissa. Mail bids to secretary. Right reserved to reject any and all bids. Per Secretary Atalissa School Board.
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